On Tuesday, February 3, 2004, at 08:30 pm, G-Books wrote:
In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: markemmanuel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Keep my pismo or ?? Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 09:35:37 -0600
I'd wait a few more months to a year since the G5 will be going into the books soon. as someone has said, the iBooks and Powerbooks don't have the great features that the Pismo had. Applw has been working to replace the G4 in their high end products. In addition to the new 64bit processor, they're throwing in new tech.
Umm - I'm not sure what great features the Pismo had that iBooks (icebooks) and later Powerbooks don't have? The Pismo was a good machine in its day, sure, but it's underpowered by today's standards, and natively has a small HD and little RAM - nearly everyone I know who has one (including my wife) has upgraded both of these. The video card is nothing special, either, and I believe isn't capable of running Quartz Extreme.
The late 2001 14" iceBook was known as 'Son of Pismo', and the name fits - same size screen, but faster CPU and bigger HD.
In my opinion the iBooks in particular are looking like very good value for money at the moment. How much was a new Pismo three+ years ago? Compare that with the price of a new 14" iBook, then compare the specs - that's a good deal.
Tom Burke
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